Benjamin's Bee Boxes

Time for bat houses, Benjamin... Our little airborne friends can play a vital role in local ecosystems. Time to get building! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/nyregion/devouring-1000-mosquitoes-an-hour-bats-are-now-welcome-guests-as-zika-fears-rise.html?_r=0

Devouring 1,000 Mosquitoes an Hour, Bats Are Now Welcome Guests as Zika Fears Rise Concerns that the Zika and West Nile viruses could be spread by local mosquitoes have prompted a Long Island town to build bat houses.

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/1032

Our bees swarmed today!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/05/13/183704091/what-is-it-about-bees-and-hexagons

What Is It About Bees And Hexagons? Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes: squares, triangles or hexagons. But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always "perfect" hexagons. Why?

Video: ScienceTake | Rise of the Worker Bees Who would have thought that the hive had room for social mobility?

Happy news from beeland. Bees need habitat, such as flowers. You can help by planting native flowers (and introducing native bees). It worked in the UK...

Bees declared extinct 30 years ago take to UK skies again – thanks to farmers A species of bee declared extinct in the UK almost 30 years ago is flying again – thanks in part to the efforts of farmers…

Salvageworks has 7 hives left from my limited run of 10 top bar boxes this year. Extra thick walls , all reclaimed Doug fir. $400.00 each

Looks Like the Leftist Fringe Was Right About What's Killing the Bees | VICE United States For years, environmentalists have been blaming nicotine-derived insecticides for colony collapse disorder, and the coming breakdown of the global economy. Chengshen Lu's second report shows that they'…

Getting closer to the smoking gun? The weapon might be close to home; sold at Home Depot, Lowe's and other hardware stores... http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/03/bayer-pesticide-bees-studies

3 New Studies Link Bee Decline to Bayer Pesticide And pressure mounts for the EPA to do something about it.

Big pharma vs. the bees. There's a lot of money in them thar pesticides. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html?

Pesticide Lobby Spends Millions To Defend Chemicals Tied To Bee Deaths WASHINGTON -- The chemical pesticide lobby is waging a multi-million dollar battle to prevent regulation of chemicals linked to the dramatic escalation in the deaths of pollinating bees over the past year. CropLife America, the trade association that represents more than 90 of the world's biggest ag...